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Show how the Maybe type can be made foldable and traversable, by giving explicit definitions for fold, foldmap, foldr, foldl and traverse.

   Show how the Maybe type can be made foldable and traversable, by giving explicit definitions for fold, foldmap, foldr, foldl and traverse.

Programming in Haskell

Programming in Haskell

Graham Hutton 2nd Edition

Chapter 14, Problem 3

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In Haskell, the Maybe type is defined as: ```haskell data Maybe a = Nothing | Just a ``` This type represents an optional value: a value of type `Maybe a` either contains a value of type `a` (represented as `Just a`), or it is empty (represented as `Nothing`). Show more…

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